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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798" Lines 51-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sound device is used in line 56, "Have hung upon the beatings of my heart"?
(a) Elision.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Cacophony.
(d) Sibilance.

2. What technique is employed when the speaker calls the view "food" for future years (line 66)?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Verbal irony.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Symbolism.

3. How do the speaker's present emotions compare with his past emotions?
(a) His emotions are now deeper and more overwhelming.
(b) His emotions are now less complicated and confusing.
(c) His emotions are now more muted and controlled.
(d) His emotions are now less concealed and secretive.

4. What "still sad music" does the speaker hear when he looks at the landscape (93)?
(a) The "still sad music of the spheres."
(b) The "still sad music of humanity."
(c) The "still sad music of philosophy."
(d) The "still sad music of the past."

5. Which technique is used in the line 70 phrase "I bounded o'er the mountains"?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Platitude.
(d) Elision.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the speaker characterize the daytime activities of humans in the city?

2. What kind of building is an abbey?

3. Which is the best definition of "perplexity" in the context of line 62?

4. What does the speaker say is the best part of a good person's life?

5. What idea is conveyed by the details listed toward the end of the fourth verse paragraph?

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